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3d denom (#40422) (Sierra Leone usage only)

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Desc: 3d

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 180


Equivalent denoms: 3p (1)

Users of this denom: Antigua (8 stamps, 1903-1949), New South Wales (15 stamps, 1851-1900), Queensland (11 stamps, 1861-1907), South Australia (7 stamps, 1867-1906), Tasmania (4 stamps, 1871-1906), Victoria (16 stamps, 1850-1905), Western Australia (4 stamps, 1872-1905), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (1 stamp, 1963), British Honduras (2 stamps, 1872), British Columbia (1 stamp, 1865), Cayman Islands (16 stamps, 1908-1969), Ceylon (2 stamps, 1866-1867), Dominica (7 stamps, 1903-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (12 stamps, 1912-1966), Great Britain (59 stamps, 1862-1968), Northern Ireland (1 stamp, 1958), Scotland (2 stamps, 1958-1968), Wales (2 stamps, 1958-1967), British forces in Africa (3 stamps, 1942-1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (3 stamps, 1914-1949), British offices in Tangier (7 stamps, 1946-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (3 stamps, 1958-1969), Jersey (3 stamps, 1958-1969), German occupation of Jersey (1 stamp, 1943), Isle of Man (1 stamp, 1958), Grenada (10 stamps, 1895-1938), Lagos (6 stamps, 1875-1905), Leeward Islands (11 stamps, 1902-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (6 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (1 stamp, 1863), Montserrat (12 stamps, 1903-1949), Natal (17 stamps, 1857-1904), Nauru (4 stamps, 1916-1963), New Britain (14 stamps, 1914-1915), New Hebrides (Br) (2 stamps, 1924-1925), Northern Nigeria (2 stamps, 1910-1912), St. KittsNevis (10 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (9 stamps, 1891-1938), St. Vincent (9 stamps, 1897-1938), Sierra Leone (27 stamps, 1872-1964), Southern Nigeria (3 stamps, 1904-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (1 stamp, 1879), Trinidad (2 stamps, 1885-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (4 stamps, 1922-1923), Tristan da Cunha (13 stamps, 1952-1967), Turks & Caicos Islands (14 stamps, 1908-1967), Virgin Islands (7 stamps, 1904-1949), Zululand (2 stamps, 1888-1894) Show with all usages

Used by 27 stamps of Sierra Leone: (See all uses as list)

4/1872 3d yelbuff d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC sideways perf=12.5
9/1873 3d yelbuff d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
1876 3d yelbuff issue=1876 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
1892 3d orgyel issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1897 3d lil&sl issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1903 3d vio&gray issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1904 3d vio&gray issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1907 3d vio pc=yel issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1912 3d vio pc=yel issue=1912b d=King George V & elephant wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1922 3d ultra issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
3/1/1932 3d dkbl issue=1932 d=rice field wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
10/2/1933 3d ultra issue=abolition 100th d=fruit seller wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
5/6/1935 3d ultra&brn issue=Silver Jubilee d=Windsor Castle & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11x12
5/12/1937 3d dpultra issue=Coronation d=Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11x11.75
5/1/1938 3d ultra&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=Freetown from the harbour & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
10/1/1946 3d brtultra issue=Peace d=Houses of Parliament & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x14
10/10/1949 3d ind issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA
1/2/1956 3d ultra&blk issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=rice harvesting & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
4/27/1961 3d brnorg&bl issue=independence d=Sir Milton Margai wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=13.5
11/25/1961 3d brnred&blk issue=Royal Visit 1961 d=Royal Charter 1799 wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=13.5
4/7/1962 3d crim issue=malaria eradication wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=11.5
1/1/1963 3d issue=1963 dt=plants (1963 Sierra Leone) d=Beniseed wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=14
3/21/1963 3d och&blk issue=Freedom from Hunger d=Freedom from Hunger wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=11.5
4/27/1963 3d ltvio&blk issue=independence 2nd d=Cape Lighthouse & Queen Elizabeth II oc=red on=1956-1/2d wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x13
11/1/1963 3d vio&red issue=Red Cross 100th
2/10/1964 3d issue=New York World's Fair 1964 d=map of Sierra Leone imperf
5/11/1964 3d issue=John F. Kennedy memorial d=map of Sierra Leone (1964)